General Motors

Engineering Manager Observability

General Motors$218K — $335K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of leadership experience in software or site reliability engineering (SRE) teams
  • Deep knowledge of observability principles: logs, metrics, and traces
  • Strong background in distributed systems, cloud-native applications, and microservices
  • Familiarity with languages like Go, Python, or Typescript for software development
  • Experience with cloud infrastructure and CI/CD technologies like Kubernetes and Docker
  • Excellent communication skills for cross-team collaboration
  • Proficient in technologies such as GCP and OpenTelemetry

Responsibilities

  • Manage and develop a team of engineers, including performance reviews and coaching
  • Define and execute the technical vision and roadmap for the observability platform
  • Guide architectural decisions on instrumentation, logging, metrics, and tracing
  • Ensure the team's tools allow for rapid response to system failures
  • Collaborate with engineering teams to enhance observability and system reliability
  • Lead the development of tools and data pipelines for telemetry data analysis
  • Manage relationships and costs for third-party observability software

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellbeing programs including medical, dental, and vision
  • Retirement savings plan options and life insurance
  • Paid vacation, holidays, and tuition assistance programs
  • Employee assistance program and GM vehicle discounts
  • Eligibility for a company vehicle evaluation program
Full Job Description
Job Description

The Role

We are looking for an Engineering Manager with an extensive engineering background, experience using a variety of developer tools and technologies, and who is passionate about developer productivity. As a leader on this team, we are looking for someone who cares deeply about the technical development of other engineers on the team and is able to effectively balance the needs and priorities of the business, our users, and the growth of our engineers. This person will start delivering impact through observability frameworks and will evolve depending on business needs but they will be expected to identify high ROI investments with minimal guidance.

The Team

As a part of AV Developer Productivity, the AV Observability team is responsible for creating and maintaining a robust, reliable, and cohesive observability offering for AV developers and leaders across GM to optimize internal and external system performance and reliability. We achieve this through a combination of internally developed tools, vendor tools, and agentic AI workflows.

What You'll Do
  • Team leadership: Manage and grow a team of engineers, conducting performance reviews, providing coaching, and supporting career development.
  • Technical strategy: Define and execute the technical vision and roadmap for the observability platform, ensuring it provides actionable insights into complex systems.
  • Architectural oversight: Provide technical guidance on instrumentation, logging, metrics, and tracing to ensure comprehensive visibility across GM's AV software stack.
  • Incident response: Ensure the team's tools enable rapid detection, debugging, and resolution of unknown or unforeseen system failures to minimize downtime.
  • Cross-functional collaboration: Work with other engineering teams-such as those developing AI/ML, firmware, and infrastructure-to implement observability practices and improve system reliability.
  • Platform development: Lead the development of internal tools and data pipelines to collect, analyze, and visualize telemetry data at a massive scale.
  • Vendor management: Manage relationships and costs associated with third-party observability software and platforms.


Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)
  • Management experience: 7+ years of proven leadership experience managing software or site reliability engineering (SRE) teams
  • Observability expertise: Deep understanding of core observability pillars: logs, metrics, and traces. Experience with technologies like Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, and log management systems is crucial
  • Software architecture: Strong background in designing, developing, and architecting distributed systems, cloud-native applications, and microservices
  • Programming proficiency: Familiarity with Go, Python, Typescript or similar along with software development practices to inform code reviews and architectural decisions
  • Cloud infrastructure: Experience with modern cloud offerings like GCP, AWS, or Azure and technologies like CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes, and Docker
  • Communication skills: Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to collaborate effectively with diverse teams and stakeholders
  • Relevant Technologies: GCP, Go, Python, Typescript, OpenTelemetry


What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)
  • Experience working with GCP, AWS, or Azure
  • Familiarity with Kubernetes, Docker, Istio, Terraform, Prometheus, Grafana, TSDBs and observability pipelines (e.g. either for logging or metrics or tracing)
  • Skilled in defining and instrumenting SLIs and SLOs
  • Own or contribute to Open Source projects
  • Passion for self-driving technology and its potential impact on the world


Compensation: The compensation information is a good faith estimate only. It is based on what a successful applicant might be paid in accordance with applicable state laws. The compensation may not be representative for positions located outside of New York, Colorado, California, or Washington.
  • The salary range for this role: is $218,800- $335,300. The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position.
  • Bonus Potential: An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance, job level, and individual performance.
  • Benefits: GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs. Benefit options include medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plan, sickness and accident benefits, life insurance, paid vacation & holidays, tuition assistance programs, employee assistance program, GM vehicle discounts and more.


Company Vehicle: Upon successful completion of a motor vehicle report review, you will be eligible to participate in a company vehicle evaluation program, through which you will be assigned a General Motors vehicle to drive and evaluate. Note: program participants are required to purchase/lease a qualifying GM vehicle every four years unless one of a limited number of exceptions applies.
This role is based remotely, but if the selected candidate lives within a specific mile radius of a GM hub, they will be expected to report to the location three times a week {or other frequency dictated by your manager}.This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.

About General Motors

General Motors Company engages in the manufacture and sale of cars and trucks in the United States, China, Brazil, Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Italy. It offers sedans, crossovers, sport utility vehicles, pick-up trucks, coupes, sports/convertibles and hybrid vehicles, hatchbacks/wagons, and vans, as well as mini cars in India. The company also provides parts and accessories, such as iPod and MP3 compatibility, mobility accessories, performance parts, AC parts and services, and merchandise. In addition, it offers vehicle safety, security, and information services. The company provides used vehicles. It offers its products through dealers and distributors. General Motors Company was formerly known as NGMCO, Inc. and changed its name to General Motors Company in July 2009. The company was incorporated in 2009 and is based in Detroit, Michigan. It operates manufacturing facilities in India, the United States, and Canada. General Motors Company operates as a subsidiary of the United States Department of The Treasury. General Motors led global vehicle sales for 77 consecutive years from 1931 through 2007, longer than any other automaker, and is currently among the world's largest automakers by vehicle unit sales. General Motors acts in most countries outside the USA via wholly-owned subsidiaries but operates in China through 10 joint ventures. GM's OnStar subsidiary provides vehicle safety, security, and information services. In 2009, General Motors shed several brands, closing Saturn, Pontiac, and Hummer, and emerged from a government-backed Chapter 11 reorganization. In 2010, GM made an initial public offering IPOs to date and returned to profitability later that year.

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Join the dynamic team at General Motors, a global leader in automotive innovation and technology. At General Motors, we offer unparalleled job opportunities that propel your career forward while contributing to a legacy of engineering excellence.

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157,000 employees
Market Cap
$46.9 billion
Industry
Net Income
$6.4 billion
Founded
1908
5 Year Trend
-3.2%
Revenue
$122.4 billion
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